Water Lilies

May 17, 2007

1h 25m

★ 6.5

Overview

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Balthazar Productions

Lilies Films

Water Lilies Trailers

Cast

Marie

Pauline Acquart

Anne

Louise Blachère

Floriane

Adèle Haenel

François

Warren Jacquin

L'inspectrice

Christel Baras

La caissière

Marie Gili-Pierre

Fille vestiaire

Alice de Lencquesaing

Fille vestiaire 2

Claire Pierrat

Natacha

Barbara Renard

La vendeuse

Esther Sironneau

Le masseur

Jérémie Steib

La voisine

Yvonne Villemaire

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